It’s day two of advance voting in the federal election and more long waits are once again being reported at some polling stations.
At Yaletown Roundhouse Saturday afternoon, voters were told the wait was at least an hour long, but most appeared to take the wait in stride.
Elections Canada estimates about 850,000 people voted on Friday, on the first day of advance polls. That’s a 26 per cent increase over the first day of advance polls in the 2011 election, and a 90 per cent increase over the first day of advance polls in 2008.
There have been concerns that the recent changes to election laws to tighten ID requirements could create snags for certain Canadians.
“For the Fair Election process they were saying that they need to handwrite a lot of the information and that’s what’s taking longer to keep us from doing this three times it seems,” said one voter.
You can vote from noon until 8 p.m. on the following days:
- Sunday, Oct. 11
- Monday, Oct. 12
Find your riding here:
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Find your advance polling station here, and click “When and where can I vote at advance polls?”
If you want you can register and vote at the same time, although you should give yourself time to do both.
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